james saundersSo where are we?
Just remember, no matter where you are, you are there. So we got that goin for us.
Todd
Central Illinoyz
In order to keep my position as Master and Supreme Ruler of the House, I don't argue with my wife.
I'm a small town boy. A product of two people from even smaller towns. I don’t talk on topic….. I just talk.
Good Morning!!!
Coffee and any of those turnovers that Garry brought in left? Oh good, I’ll take one. Thanks.
Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise, sunny, with a high near 82.
V8 Dennis- No, we’ve never had a professional carpet cleaner come in or give an estimate, so I couldn’t tell you what really happens once they get in the door. But I would imagine they will find a reason to make it not so.....reasonable a cost.
Welp, I’m disappointed. For all my hopes and not for the lack of trying, I didn’t get finished yesterday. Soooo close but no bananer.
Ya’ll have a good day, ya hear!!!!
So where are we?
James, Brisbane Australia
Modelling AT&SF in the 90s
Burlington Northern #24 I think the font is California font for the BN. Packer is that Ace combat that you play? I play some other flight games.
I think the font is California font for the BN. Packer is that Ace combat that you play? I play some other flight games.
the Minnesota Transportation museum's webpage says Helvetica font...
Yup, Ace combat. IMO, the Xbox 360 ones aren't that great, but I haven't tried assault horizons.
Vincent
Wants: 1. high-quality, sound equipped, SD40-2s, C636s, C30-7s, and F-units in BN. As for ones that don't cost an arm and a leg, that's out of the question....
2. An end to the limited-production and other crap that makes models harder to get and more expensive.
Good evening/morning all.
~Alexander~
Modelling HO Scale with a focus on the West and Midwest USA
Morning coffee in the diner...
GOOD THURSDAY MORNING!!!
Today is Thursday, August 1st, 2013!!
MAKE IT A GREAT DAY!!
Have you ever 'heard it through the grapevine'?:
Meaning:
An indication that a piece of information was obtained via an informal contact.
Origin:
Short version:
Information that is received as unconfirmed or more likely gossip, is said to had come 'through the grapevine'. The phrase is simple and goes back to all the wires strung between poles for telegraphed Morse Code messages. During the Civil War many messages were received either erroneously (due to transmission) or on purpose to spread false information, and thus was unreliable at best no matter how you looked at it
The longer version:
The first practical public demonstration of the telegraph was given in 1844, when Samuel Morse sent a message from Washington to Baltimore. The invention was widely welcomed as a means of rapidly communicating news. It became clear though that close communities already had effective word-of-mouth communications. Soon after the telegraph was invented the term 'grapevine telegraph' was coined - first recorded in a US dictionary in 1852. This distinguished the new direct 'down-the-wire' telegraph from the earlier method, which was likened to the coiling tendrils of a vine. It's clear that the allusion was to interactions amongst people who could be expected to be found amongst grapevines, i.e. the rural poor.
In 1876, The Reno Evening Gazette ran an article about a bumper corn and grape crop. They commented on the fact that the people who were then called Indians and Negroes seemed to be already aware of it (hardly a surprise you might think as it would have been they who had harvested the crops):
"It would seem that the Indians have some mysterious means of conveying the news, like the famous grapevine telegraph of the negroes in the [American Civil] war. The Pioneer Press and Tribune says that, while the first telegraphic news of Custer's death reached them at midnight, the Indians loafing about town were inquiring about it at noon."
The term 'bush telegraph' originated in Australia, probably influenced by 'grapevine telegraph'. That referred to the informal network that passed information about police movements to convicts who were hiding in the bush. It was recorded in 1878 by an Australian author called Morris:
"The police are baffled by the number and activity of the bush telegraphs."
In the UK it was the 'jungle telegraph' - referring to communications in outposts of the British Empire around the same period.
Of course 'heard it through the grapevine' is best known to many of us as the Motown song, recorded by Gladys Knight & the Pips in 1967 and by Marvin Gaye in 1968. It's salutary that, while the telegraph is long gone, the person-to-person communication that preceded it is still going strong.
-G .
Just my thoughts, ideas, opinions and experiences. Others may vary.
HO and N Scale.
After long and careful thought, they have convinced me. I have come to the conclusion that they are right. The aliens did it.
GOOD MORNING AND
WELCOME!!
The OLD diner is here:
http://cs.trains.com/mrr/f/88/t/218843.aspx